Art of the Title

Sin City

The music from the beginning is intriguing and the constant beat builds up tension and suspicion.
One of the images shown in the slideshow of pictures is a drawing of a woman with a gun being pointed at her. This links to the genre as it is a thriller and creates enigma for the audience. When the city becomes the title it is red in contrast to everything being black and white. Colour is only used for certain parts of the film, in the opening sequence colour is effective in making the opening credits and title stand out as it is red on black.

As the music progresses it becomes slightly eerie which brings on the opening of the film, this technique is used to bring the opening to an end. Red is appropriate as it is a suggestive connotation of blood and love which are main themes in the film.

The title sequence related to the genre because it represents the themes and genre of the film. The films style and flair is shown through the opening by the colours font of the titles and the images.
The lighting is very significant in this particular film as throughout it is used to accentuate certain characters or areas that the producer wants to stand out. 

Film Distribution

Distribution

Film distribution is the process of making a movie available for the viewing of an audience. This is usually done by a marketing strategy for the film. For example making the advertising for the film suited for a specific audience. Film distribution includes things such as a film’s release date or a trailer for a film. 

Evaluation of Last Years Work

I think the best video from last year was One Step Ahead because:

• The credits came onto the screen in places that didn't block the actors

• They used props to enhance the detective side to their video e.g a map

• The background on the  computer of a police sign tells the audience what they are involved in without having to say it 

• The lighting was effective e.g. for the parts of their video they wanted to be brighter/darker than others they used lighting well to create enigma and excitement  

• The digetic sound made the sequence seem realistic 

• There were several cuts but they all went together to appear invisible 

• They used a split screen near the end the show the two stories which were going on at the same time to create tension and anticipation

The reason why some of the videos from lat year were not as good was because:

• The sound was a problem for some of the videos as it became very repetitive
• Another problem that occurred in several of the videos was that some of them focused too much on the different shots instead of how to make it entertaining to watch
• However e.g in the Chroniker what made that video work really well for an opening sequence was the voice over at the beginning on a black screen. This meant that even though not a lot was happening throughout the sequence it made a good opening

Preliminary Sequence - Feed The Fish

Feed The Fish Evaluation

What worked well:

I think what made our video entertaining to watch was based on a combination of music, editing and the plot. The music made what was not shown to be dramatic more exiting to view than the actions on their own. For example when I was walking up the stairs in the building if there was no sound that would appear very mundane, however the music is what builds up the tension. Another thing that worked well is the continuity editing that is shown throughout the video.



Another way in which I think our video worked well was by the cuts between shots, it made the video flow well. A final point on what was good about our work was the flashback, the reason why I liked that particular part was because even though it is not that clear what exactly is happening as the camera is moving to create a fast pace effect, it creates enigma. That specific part is also effective in the sense it was intentionally supposed to make the viewer want to know what 'have you fed the fish' really means.

 

To improve:

During the video there were a few problems with the lighting  as some of the clips were too dark. This meant it was not as clear as we wanted it to be for the viewer to see. For example, some of the scenes were supposed to be brighter than they were, in the shot that showed person A and person B, persons A's face was dark because the light was behind her. This would not of occurred if we filmed from different parts of the room, or somewhere different all together. To improve we could have adjusted the lighting using premiere pro. In future we now know that lighting is important in creating the right effect.

 

Another problem was the music, from feedback we learned that music did not match well with the video. The sound that was chosen was too dramatic in comparison to what was actually happening. This would have worked if it was humorous, however as our video was not comic, the sound did not match the action. In future we now know that the sound needs to match what is being shown on screen because if it does not blend in and the music is overly different from what is being shown, it can be misleading and make the video appear to not make sense.  

Superbad Opening Sequence - With Annotations

Panic Room Opening Sequence - With Annotations